Snap-fastener socket.



W. S. RICHARDSON.

SNAP FASTENER SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9; I917- mmma. PatentedSept. 25,1917.

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WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG'NOR TO UNITED STATES FASTENEB COMPANY, A CORPORATION" OF MAINE.

SNAP-FASTENER SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat gnt gd Sgpth, 25, 1191?,

Application filed May 9, 1917. Serial No. 167,458.

To all whom it may concern:

"Be it known that I. lViLLrAM S. RICHARD- soX. a citizen of the United States, residing in Canton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts. have invented an lmprovement in Snap-Fastener Sockets, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a socket member of a stud and socket fastener such as is commonly used for gloves and other garments, and the invention consists in certain improvements in construction which will be hereinafter pointed out.

in the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which'the main portion of the socket. member of the fastener is produced; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank for another portion of the fas- 4 of said arms in substantially the shape of a sector of a circular annulus.

The blank is provided with notches 6 substantially at the junction of the arms a with the sectors 0?, and the blank of; the form shown in Fig. 1 is then drawn to the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4, in which the said arms a are brought into substantial contact with one another and form a tubular body portion which is closed at one end by the connecting part 5, whilethe parts d at the other end form a foot or flange extendingoutwardly from the tubular body portion a.

A rounding bead f is also formed at the junction of the body and'foot portions a and 11, making a somewhat contracted mouth or entrance opening into the tubular body portion a.

As a protection and reinforcement for the foot portion 01, a plate g is provided as shown in Fig. 2, in the form of a disk, the outer circumference of which is of substantially the same diameter as that of the foot portion d of the fastener and socket shown in Fig. 3 while the inner periphery of the annular disk affords an opening of proper size to surround the bead f at the entrance to the socket member, and is rovided with four inwardly projecting portions 9 In forming the blank shown in Fig. 1 to the form shown in Fig. 4, the notches e in the blank will come together and form small openings through the foot portion d adjacent to the head i, as best shown in Fig. 3.

The inward projections of this plate 9 are properly located to correspond to these openings, and by first turning the said proections g at right angles to the plate 9 they may be passed through the openings 6 in the main portion of the fastener, after which they maybe turned down parallel to. the remainder of the plate g and over the foot portion oi as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 thereby securely fastening the plate 9 to the foot of the main portion of the fastener so that it covers the lines of, separation between the sectors of the foot 65 and affords a finish for the foot of the fastener when applied to the fabric as shown in Fig. 5.

When applying a fastener to the fabric 2', Fig. 5, the tubular body portion a of the fastener socket, when in the form shown in Fig. 4, is passed through a hole in the fabric so that the foot portiond' comes against one surface of the fabric. A cap is having an inturned flange 70 is then applied over the closed end 7) of the main portion of the socket at the other side of the fabric and is pressed toward the fabric and toward the foot d, g, of the socket at the other sideof the fabric. Such pressure causes the tubular portion a to collapse endwise and expend circumferentially as shown in Fig. 5 so that it engages the in-turned flange 70 of the cap 71: and clenches the entire socket to the fabric 2'. which lies between the cap 7?: and the foot d, g, of the socket member.

What-I claim is: A socket member for a snap fastener comprising a tubular body portion closed at one end, and provided with an outwardly extending flange or foot around the other end; said body and foot portions comprising separate abutting sections, and being provided with a number of openings through said foot 5 in proximity to the junction thereof with the tubular body portion an annular foot plate having at its inner periphery projecting portions which are passed through the said openings in the foot and engage with Stzid foot to secure the said base plate thereto. 10

In testimony whereof, I have signed up name to this specification.

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON. 

